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Combined Diet and Supplementation Therapy Resolves Alopecia Areata in a Paediatric Patient: A Case Study
Alopecia areata (AA) is a common autoimmune condition resulting in spot baldness and, rarely, more extensive hair loss. There is an association between both the incidence and the severity of AA and several micronutrients, including vitamin D and zinc. This case reports an eight-year-old male diagnos...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7721078/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33304703 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11371 |
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description | Alopecia areata (AA) is a common autoimmune condition resulting in spot baldness and, rarely, more extensive hair loss. There is an association between both the incidence and the severity of AA and several micronutrients, including vitamin D and zinc. This case reports an eight-year-old male diagnosed with AA and treated with a diet and supplemental regimen based on unrefined foods, rich in vitamins A and D, zinc, and supplemented with a multi-nutrient, zinc sulfate, and fish oil with vitamin D. Complete remission of AA was achieved within five months. |
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spelling | pubmed-77210782020-12-09 Combined Diet and Supplementation Therapy Resolves Alopecia Areata in a Paediatric Patient: A Case Study Harvey, Cliff J Cureus Pediatrics Alopecia areata (AA) is a common autoimmune condition resulting in spot baldness and, rarely, more extensive hair loss. There is an association between both the incidence and the severity of AA and several micronutrients, including vitamin D and zinc. This case reports an eight-year-old male diagnosed with AA and treated with a diet and supplemental regimen based on unrefined foods, rich in vitamins A and D, zinc, and supplemented with a multi-nutrient, zinc sulfate, and fish oil with vitamin D. Complete remission of AA was achieved within five months. Cureus 2020-11-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7721078/ /pubmed/33304703 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11371 Text en Copyright © 2020, Harvey et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Pediatrics Harvey, Cliff J Combined Diet and Supplementation Therapy Resolves Alopecia Areata in a Paediatric Patient: A Case Study |
title | Combined Diet and Supplementation Therapy Resolves Alopecia Areata in a Paediatric Patient: A Case Study |
title_full | Combined Diet and Supplementation Therapy Resolves Alopecia Areata in a Paediatric Patient: A Case Study |
title_fullStr | Combined Diet and Supplementation Therapy Resolves Alopecia Areata in a Paediatric Patient: A Case Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Combined Diet and Supplementation Therapy Resolves Alopecia Areata in a Paediatric Patient: A Case Study |
title_short | Combined Diet and Supplementation Therapy Resolves Alopecia Areata in a Paediatric Patient: A Case Study |
title_sort | combined diet and supplementation therapy resolves alopecia areata in a paediatric patient: a case study |
topic | Pediatrics |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7721078/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33304703 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11371 |
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